I am a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Sober, by the Grace of God, since July 24, 1984.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Monday Morning

The photo is from my run yesterday. Most of the trail is along a creek. I wish I could somehow capture the perfume of this trail and send it to you. It is wonderful.

Today I will be busy from long before the sun comes up until long after it goes down. I will start my day with my new meditation practice, then an AA meeting, then work all day, an hour of silent prayer at church after work, and then Biblical School.

Though I had such a busy weekend and I never got a moment of "down" time, I am still looking forward to today. I really do appreciate how nice my life is, even though it is a bit too crowded with activity.

I overslept this morning (eek) but still made it to work before 7am. Glad you had a great run and I would love to smell that creek. Does it smell like the creeks around here? Sometimes they smell like dead crawfish.

Mary Christine said..I will start my day with my new meditation practice, then an AA meeting, then work all day, an hour of silent prayer at church after work, and then Biblical School.

Dear Mary,Michelangelo's masterpiece, "The Creation of Adam," in the Sistine chapel goes an incredible way towards depicting our true relationship with God and His desire for us.

God is right there for us, we just have to reach out to Him because he is actively seeking us. We do not have to engage in extensive physical activities and spiritual disciplines to have a relationship with God.

Our reconciliation with God is by faith and not by physical preparation or purification. (Colossians 2:23) "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)It is our sin that separates us from God, not our lack of physical purification.

I just think it is funny that he can tell you how wrong you are no matter what you are doing - even abiding by the tenets of his OWN religion. Maybe I should take his advice and stop praying and studying the Bible? hmmm. No, I don't think so.